SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF VIRTUAL KEYBOARD TO AVOID OBSCURING DATA ENTRY FIELDS

摘要

An electronic device is disclosed having a touchscreen display. The electronic device may incorporate an application running on the electronic device, the application being configured to generate a field on the touchscreen display (“display”) that requires a user to enter keystroke information into the field. The application may incorporate a virtual keyboard display control subsystem (“subsystem”) configured to determine if generation of the virtual keyboard on the display will obscure the field when the field is being displayed on the display. The subsystem may also automatically scroll the field to a location on the display when the virtual keyboard is generated on the display, such that the virtual keyboard does not obscure the field as the user enters keystroke information into the field using the virtual keyboard.

主权项

1. An electronic device having a touchscreen display, the electronic device comprising:
an application running on the electronic device, the application being configured to generate a field on the touchscreen display that requires a user to enter keystroke information into the field; the application including a virtual keyboard display control subsystem configured to:
determine if generation of the virtual keyboard on the touchscreen display will obscure the field when the field is being displayed on the touchscreen display; andwhen it is determined that generation of the virtual keyboard on the touchscreen display will at least partially obscure the field, to automatically scroll the field to a location on the touchscreen display when the virtual keyboard is generated on the touchscreen display such that the virtual keyboard does not obscure the field, thus enabling the field to be viewed by the user when entering keystroke information into the field using the virtual keyboard.